Israelis Warned Away from Turkey

The National Security Council Counter-Terrorism Bureau has continued its travel warning for Israeli tourists to Turkey.

Chana Ya'ar, 20/07/11 09:27 | updated: 09:33

Bodrum, Turkey

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Israelis looking for hot spots in which to spent their summer vacation should avoid Turkey.

A February travel warning from the National Security Council Counter-Terrorism Bureau was renewed this week for Israel's former Middle Eastern ally. A similar alert was also renewed for Azerbaijan and Georgia.

For those Israelis who decide that in spite of the warning they must travel to these countries for business or other reasons, the NSCCTB made the following recommendations:

The recommendations are consistent with those issued in conjunction with similar travel alerts in the past.

The NSCCTB cited a “continuous threat to attack Israeli targets” in Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan as the reason for the continued travel warning.

A similar travel warning was issued for Turkey a year ago following the Mavi Marmara flotilla incident in which nine terror activists were killed by Israeli navy commandos. The terrorists attacked the commandos when they boarded the vessel to redirect it to Ashdod port after the six-ship flotilla had repeatedly ignored requests to change course on its own.